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The Sky Sword 1 (), or TC-1, is a short range infrared guided air-to-air missile. The missile has fire and forget slave-by-radar capabilities. It consists of an imaging infrared seeker, a high explosive warhead, a solid propellant motor and a guidance control unit. The seeker uses dual spectral IR and has a detection range of 18.5km.
The Sky Sword 1 is also used as a
The TC-1L is a ground-launched variant for use with the Antelope air defence system.
TC-2 info on Global Security
* TC-2N test vide
{{National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) aircraft Air-to-air missiles of the Republic of China Surface-to-air missiles of the Republic of China 20th-century surface-to-air missiles Military equipment introduced in the 1980s
The Sky Sword 1 (), or TC-1, is a short range infrared guided air-to-air missile. The missile has fire and forget slave-by-radar capabilities. It consists of an imaging infrared seeker, a high explosive warhead, a solid propellant motor and a guidance control unit. The seeker uses dual spectral IR and has a detection range of 18.5km.
The Sky Sword 1 is also used as a surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...
by the Antelope air defence system.
Development
The Sky Sword 1 was developed in the mid-1980s and revealed in May 1986, as Taiwan's first indigenousair-to-air missile
The newest and the oldest member of Rafael's Python family of AAM for comparisons, Python-5 (displayed lower-front) and Shafrir-1 (upper-back)
An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying a ...
. The production of the missile started in 1991 and the air-to-air version entered ROCAF service in 1993. It bears a striking similarity to the American AIM-9
The AIM-9 Sidewinder (where "AIM" stands for "Air Intercept Missile") is a short-range air-to-air missile which entered service with the US Navy in 1956 and subsequently was adopted by the US Air Force in 1964. Since then the Sidewinder has prove ...
(also in Taiwanese service) and fulfills a similar role on the Indigenous Defense Fighter to the AIM-9 on the F-16
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. In 2017 NCSIST exhibited a variant of the TC-1 with a larger diameter motor.
Service history
TC-1 missiles were employed during a 2019 training exercise off Taiwan’s east coast.Variants
TC-1L
The TC-1L is a ground-launched variant for use with the Antelope air defence system.
Sea TC-1
Developed for use with the Sea Oryx system, the Sea TC-1 variant has an improved seeker, data-link, and rocket motor.See also
*Republic of China Air Force
The Republic of China Air Force, retroactively known by its historical name the Chinese Air Force and unofficially referred to as the Taiwanese Air Force, is the military aviation branch of the Republic of China Armed Forces, currently based ...
* Sky Bow
The Sky Bow, or Tien Kung (), are a series of surface-to-air anti-ballistic missile and anti-aircraft defense systems developed by Taiwan. The TK-2 and TK-3 are in service with the Military of the Republic of China.
Development
The development of ...
* Sky Sword II
Similar weapons
*AIM-9 Sidewinder
The AIM-9 Sidewinder (where "AIM" stands for "Air Intercept Missile") is a short-range air-to-air missile which entered service with the US Navy in 1956 and subsequently was adopted by the US Air Force in 1964. Since then the Sidewinder has prove ...
* RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is a small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile in use by the German, Japanese, Greek, Turkish, South Korean, Saudi Arabian, Egyptian, Mexican, UAE, and U.S. Navies. It was origin ...
* AAM-3
The Mitsubishi AAM-3 (Type 90 air-to-air missile, ) is a short-range air-to-air missile developed in Japan. It has been officially operated since 1991,J-Wing, ''Military aircraft of JASDF, F2'' and is expected to ultimately replace the US AIM-9 Si ...
* AAM-5
The Mitsubishi AAM-5 (Type 04 air-to-air missile, ) is a short-range air-to-air missile developed and produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Development of the missile as a replacement for the AAM-3 (Type ...
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* MAA-1 Piranha
The MAA-1 Piranha is a short-range infrared homing missile and the first air-to-air missile developed by Brazil for its Air Force and Navy. It was designed to replace the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile in Brazilian service and has since been exported to ...
* A-Darter
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* Python
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References
External links
TC-2 info on Global Security
* TC-2N test vide
{{National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) aircraft Air-to-air missiles of the Republic of China Surface-to-air missiles of the Republic of China 20th-century surface-to-air missiles Military equipment introduced in the 1980s